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Enhancing harmony of color theme by changing the order of colors  

Yoo, Min-Joon (Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University)
Lee, In-Kwon (Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society / v.18, no.4, 2012 , pp. 9-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
Color harmony is affected by order of colors or orderly arrangement as well as harmonious colors themselves. In this paper, we show people perceive the degree of harmony differently according to the orderly arrangement of colors. Especially, we use the order of colors in color themes, or color schemes which have been largely used for color selection. We first present the method for harmony calculation of Ou's researches[1][2] and then suggest a method considering minimum color distance of component colors. For a design consisting of multiple colors, we show overall harmony of colors is more important than each harmony of adjacent component colors. By user study, we conclude that the suggested method can enhance the harmony of color theme.
Keywords
Color Harmony; Color Theme; Color Scheme; Color Order;
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